Airline
Image
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
Hub airport(s) or headquarters
Time activity Notes
Parry Sound Harbour
1994 – ???? Charter rental & leasing service Operated DHC-2 Beaver AOC suspended in 2002
A
Abbotsford Air Services ABE ABBY AIR Abbotsford ???? – ???? Operated BN 2 Islander , Cessna Skylark
Adastra Aviation ADD ADASTRA Abbotsford Not to be confused with Adastra Aerial Surveys of Australia
Advance Air Charters
ADV
ADVANCE
Calgary
1993 – 1995 Operated Douglas DC-8
Aerial Recon Surveys Whitecourt 1985 – 2006 Renamed Airborne Energy Solutions Operated Cessna 177 , Robinson R44
Aero Activities Limited Barker Field Maple Airport 1949 – 1957 Belongings to Marion Alice Orr Sold in 1957
Aero Bee Airlines Montréal Trudeau 2012 – 2012 Founded by Russ Payson Operated Boeing 737 800 [ citation needed ]
Aéro Golfe 1988 – 2000 Renamed Air Saguenay Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Aero Link Toronto Pearson 1997 – 2000 Operated Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia , Piper Twin Comanche
AeroTaxi QAT AIR QUASAR Québec City 1990 – 1992
Aero Trades Western
VM
ATW
AERO TRADES
Winnipeg Richardson
1979 – 1984 Acquired by Soundair Operated DC-4 , Convair 580 , Fokker F-27
Aerokon Aviation Whitehorse 1984 – 2004 Operated DHC-3 Otter
Aeropro
APO
AEROPRO
Québec City
1998 – 2010 Still operates as maintenance facility in Quebec City
Air 500
BRM
BOOMERANG
Toronto Pearson
1988 – 2007
Air 2000 Canada
2T
CMM
Toronto Pearson
1988 – 1988 Renamed Canada 3000
Air Alliance
3J
AAQ
LIAISON
Québec City
1988 – 1999 to Air Nova
Air Alliance 2002 – 2006
Air Alma QB AAJ AIR ALMA Alma 1980 – 2002 Operated Embraer Bandeirante , Piper Navajo Established as Alma Air Services
Air Amos Amos 1964 – 1964
Air Atlantic
9A
ATL
DASH
Saint John
1985 – 1998 Feeder airline for Canadian Pacific Airlines and later Canadian Airlines International
Air Atonabee OU OUL CITY EXPRESS Peterborough 1980 – 1984 Renamed City Express Operated Saunders ST-27 ,[ citation needed ]
Air Baffin
BFF
AIR BAFFIN
Iqaluit
1990 – 1997 Renamed Air Nunavut
Air BC
ZX
ABL
AIRCOACH
Vancouver
1980 – 1987 To Air Canada Connector
Air Bras D'Or BRL BRASD'OR 1986 – 1987 Operated Twin Otter
Air Brazeau
Rouyn-Noranda
1973 – 1978 Established as Northwestern Airways . Renamed Quebec Aviation
Air Caledonia
ACM
WEST CAL
Vancouver
1984 – 1989 Operated PBY Catalina
Air Canada Connector
AC
Halifax
2001 – 2002, Merged with Air Canada Regional under the new name Air Canada Jazz
Air Canada Jazz
QK
JZA
JAZZ
Halifax
2001 – 2011 Renamed Air Canada Express
Air Canada Cargo Express
1978-1990s, later reincarnated as Air Canada Cargo operated Douglas DC 8
Air Canada Regional
QK
ARN
Halifax
2001 – 2002, Merged with Air Canada Connector under the new name Air Canada Jazz
Air Canada Tango
AC
ACA
Montréal Trudeau
2001 – 2004Low-cost subsidiary branch of Air Canada
Air Caravane
EN
ACR
CARAVANE
Montréal Trudeau
1973 – 1981 Renamed/merged to: Air Cardinal Operated C-47 , DC-3 , Vickers Viscount
Air Cardinal
Montréal Trudeau
1981 – 1987 Established as Air Caravane Operated Vickers Viscount
Air Caribou Fermont ???? – 1984 Acquired and merged into Air Saguenay Operated DHC-3 Otter
CS
CSW
CHARTER SYSTEMS
Montréal-Mirabel
1986 – 1988 Rebirth in 1997 as International Cargo Charter and operating until 2003
Air Club International
HB
CLI
AIR CLUB
Montréal-Mirabel
1993 – 1998 Charter airline to Europe
Air Columbus Vacations 2002 – 2003 Operated Boeing 727
Air Commonwealth Alberta Edmonton 1969 – 1979 Operated DC-3
Air Dogrib Yellowknife Water Aerodrome 1978 – 1982 Operated Floatplane
Air Dorval ADT AIR DORVAL Dorval ???? – ????
Air Fecteau
JG
AFH
FECTO
Senneterre
1936 – 1967 Merged with La Sarre Air Services to form Propair
Air Gaspé
QJ
Sept-Îles
1951 – 1986 Established in 1951 as Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines . Became a subsidiary of Quebecair in 1973
Air Georgian
ZX
GGN
GEORGIAN
Toronto Pearson
1994 – 2020 Assets sold to Pivot Airlines Regional , charters , cargo Subsidiary of Air Canada Express
Air Integra AII INTEGRA Halifax 1987 – 1993 Operated Cessna 414 [ citation needed ]
Air Labrador
WJ
LAL
LAB AIR
Goose Bay
1948 – 2017Regional , charters . Merged with Innu Mikun Airlines to form Air Borealis
Air Liaison Q9 LIZ LIAISON Baie-Comeau 2001 – 2012 To Skyjet MG
Air Link Express FSR 1979 – 1999
Air Madeleine MLN AIR MADELEINE Rimouski 1982 – 1996
Air Manan 1994 – 2005
Air Manitoba 7N NAM MANITOBA Winnipeg Lyncrest 1990 – 1994 Established as Northland Air Manitoba Operated C-46 , DC-3 , HS 748 , Dash 8
Air Maritime 1982 – 1984 Subsidiary of Eastern Provincial Airways . To Canadian Airlines Operated Hawker Siddeley 748
Air Melançon Sainte-Anne-du-Lac Water Aerodrome 1957 – 2017 Operated DHC-2 Beaver seaplane Acquired by Air Tarmac
Air Mikisew
V8
AURORA
Fort McMurray
1961 (as Contact Air) – 2011 Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011
Air Montréal F8 AMO AIR MONTREAL Montréal Trudeau 1994 – 2000 Activities taken over by GoAir CityLink Operated Cessna Citation II , Embraer Brasilia , Fairchild Metroliner
Air Muskoka AMS AIR MUSKOKA Muskoka 1975 – 2004
Air Niagara NX St. Catharines Niagara 1986 – 1994 Operated Convair 580 , Fokker F28
Air Niagara Express DB DBD AIR NIAGARA St. Catharines Niagara 1978 – 1998 Operated Cessna 550 Citation , Convair 340 , Convair 440 , Convair 580 , Fokker F28
Air Nord-Ouest Québec City 1970 – 2005 Operated Cessna 185
Air Norterra 3F ANX NORTERRA Yellowknife 1998 – Renamed Canadian North [ citation needed ]
Air Nova
QK
ARN
NOVA
Halifax
1986 – 2001 Merged into Air Canada Connector
Air Ontario
London
1961 – 1987 Merged into Air Canada Connector
Air Ontario
GX
ONT
ONTARIO
London
1987 – 2001 To Air Canada Jazz as Air Canada Connector
Air Ottawa Ottawa 1990 – 1998 Operated Piper Seneca , Piper Chieftain
Air Park Aviation APA CAN-AM 1981 – 1982 Exploration charter work Operated DHC-3 Otter
Air Quebec Metro
1990-1990, Owned by Air Alma
Air Saguenay
Chutes-des-Passes ,Lac Sébastien
1960 – 2019Regional , charters , floatplanes
Air Sandy SNY AIR SANDY 1990s – ? Operated Piper Navajo
Air Sask 7W ASK AIR SASK Saskatoon 1991 – 2000 Established as La Ronge Aviation in 1958. Merged with Athabaska Airways to form Transwest Air
Air Satellite
6O
ASJ
SATELLITE
Baie-Comeau
1968 – 2008 To Exact Air
9V
ASF
SCHEFF
Schefferville
1981 – 2004 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter , Beech 99 [ citation needed ]
Air Southwest
ASW
AIR SOUTHWEST
Chilliwack
1983 – 2005
Air Toronto CS CNE CONNECTOR Toronto Pearson 1984 – 1992 Established as Commuter Express To Air Canada Connector Operated Jetstream 31 [ citation needed ]
Air Wemindji W9M 1987 – 2003
Air West Nanaimo Harbour 1970s Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Air West AWT AIR WEST 1982 – 2005
Air Windsor Windsor 1970 – 1979 Established as Gordon Airways in 1963
Airco Charters Edmonton City Centre 1987 – 2012 Operated Piper Navajo
AirGava AGV AIR GAVA Schefferville 1973 – 1981 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter , C-47 [ citation needed ]
Airspeed Aviation
5S
SPD
SPEEDLINE
Abbotsford
1986 – 2009 Acquired by Orca Airways
Victoria STOLport Ottawa Rockcliffe
1973 – 1975 A wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada
Airwave Transport AWV Toronto Pearson 1989 – 2001
Airwest Airlines ZX Vancouver 1964 – 1980 To Air Canada Regional Operated DHC-3 Otter , DHC-6 Twin Otter
Aklavik Flying Services Aklavik 1947 – 1976 Acquired by Kenn Borek Air Operated Aeronca Champion , Piper Super Cruiser , Waco Standard
Alberta Citylink
ABK
ALBERTA CITYLINK
Medicine Hat
1996 – 2004 Owned by Bar XH Air
Alberta Express 1986 – 1986 Renamed Alta Flights
Alberta Northern Airlines Calgary 1981 – 1989
Alert Bay Air Services BF 1958 – 1978 Renamed Gulf Air Aviation
Algoma Airways AGG ALGOMA Sault Ste. Marie 1970s – 1990s Operated Piper Super Cub , King Air 200
All West Freight 1996 – 2012
AllCanada Express
CNX
CANEX
Toronto Pearson
1992 – 2005
Alma Air Services Alma 1960 – 1980 Established as Metrolitan Air Services in 1959 Renamed Air Alma
Alpenglow Aviation Golden 1999 – 2010 Scenic tours and charter flights Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Cessna 185 , Cessna 206
Alta Flights
AL
ALZ
Edmonton
1986 – 2014 Established as Alberta Express To Sunwest Aviation
Amigo Airways Vancouver 1999 – 2006 Acquired by Seair Seaplanes
Amos Air Service Amos 1934 – 1940 Operated Curtiss Robin C-1
Angus Aviation AZZ ANGUS 1970s – 1990s Operated King Air A100 [ citation needed ]
Antarctic Airways 1987 – 1988 Operated one DC-4 , two DHC-6 Twin Otter Flights to and onward Antarctica
Arctic Air Fort Simpson 1964 – 1974 Renamed Simpson Air Operated DC-3 , Beech King Air [ citation needed ]
Arctic Sunwest Charters
ASC
ARCTIC SUNWEST
Yellowknife
1989 – 2013 Acquired by the Ledcor Group of Companies and re-branded as Summit Air
Arctic Wings Churchill 1953 – 1956 Merged with Central Northern Airways to form Transair
Arrow Airways The Pas 1935 – 1942 Founded by Jack Hone To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated Fokker Universal
Ashuanipi Aviation Wabush 1975 – 2006 Merged to Air Saguenay Operated DHC-2 Beaver floatplane
Associated Air Lines Vancouver 1952 – 1953
Associated Air Taxi 1956 – 1953 Founded by Robert B. Gayer Amalgamated with Port Alberni Airways in 1948 Acquired by Central British Columbia Airlines
Associated Airways 1955 – 1955 Acquired by Pacific Western Airlines Operated Avro York , Lockheed 14 Super Electra
Associated Helicopters Vancouver 1961 – 1979 Subsidiary of Associated Airways Acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Operated Bell 47
Astoria Airlines
S3
AOI
ASTORIA
Montréal Trudeau
1995 – 1995 Operated Boeing 737-200 Very short-lived airline operating in the summer of 1995
Athabaska Airways 9T ABS 1955 – 2000 Founded by Floyd Glass Merged with Air Sask to form Transwest Air
Atlantair ATB STARLITE 1981 – 1981
Atlantic Central Airlines CN 1960 – 1979 Operated C-49 Skytrain
Atlantic Island Airways UZ AIW TARTAN Summerside 1994 – 1995 Operated Fokker F28
Atlas Aviation 1947 – 1972 Renamed Kenting Aviation Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter
Atonabee Airways 1971 – 1979 Renamed Air Atonabee
Austin Airways
AAW
AUSTIN
Timmins
1934 – 1987 To Air Ontario
Aviation Boreal 1989 – 2004 Operated DC-3 , Piper Navajo
Aviation Business Flights Vancouver 1985 – 1994 Renamed WestEx
Aviation Quebec Labrador QC QLA QUEBEC LABRADOR Sept-Îles 1983 – 2003 Operated Embraer Bandeirante [ citation needed ]
Avionair ANU AVIONAIR 1981 – 1999 Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain Renamed Starlink Aviation
Awood Air 8D AWO AWOOD AIR Victoria 1962 – 2000 Operated HS 748 , Beech King Air [ citation needed ]
B
B C Yukon Air Service Watson Lake 1953 – 1979 Established as Northern British Columbia Air Service Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter , DHC-3 Otter , BN Islander [ citation needed ]
B.C. Air Lines Vancouver 1943 – 1969 Established as Westinghouse Airways Renamed PWA Operated Grumman Mallard , DHC-2 Beaver , Luscombe 8 , Republic Seabee
B.C. Airways 1928 – 1933 Operated Ford Trimotor
B.N.P. Airways Vancouver 1958 – 1964 Operated Grumman Goose
Bar XH Air BXH PALLISER Medicine Hat 1974 – 2012 Merged to Integra Air [ citation needed ]
Baxter Aviation
6B
Nanaimo Harbour
1985 – 2007 Acquired by West Coast Air
Baie Comeau Air Services Matane 1955 – 1973 Renamed Golfe Air Quebec Operated Beech 18 , DC-3 , BN Islander , Trislander
Bay Chaleur Air VY Bathurst 2002 – 2002 Operated Beech 1900D
BCWest Air
Abbotsford
2007 – 2008 Closed in October 2008 due to unresolved shareholder dispute
Bearskin Lake Air Service JV BLS BEARSKIN Sioux Lookout 1963 – 1977 Renamed Bearskin Airlines Operated DC-3 , Beech 99 , Piper Navajo [ citation needed ]
Beaver Air Services The Pas 1982 – 2006 Renamed Missinippi Airways Operated Cessna Caravan [ citation needed ]
Bella Coola Air Bella Coola 1996 – 2017 Charter operations[ citation needed ]
Big River Air 1984 – 2007 Renamed Air Roberval .
Big Salmon Air 1988 – 2006
BMR Aviation Langley 1980 – 2005 Operated DC-7 [ citation needed ]
Boreal Airways 1947 – 1957 Merged with Mont Laurier Aviation to form Nordair
Bow Helicopters Calgary 1971 – 1979 Established as Bullock Helicopters Acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Operated Bell Helicopters , Aérospatiale Alouettes
Bradley Air Services
7F
FAB
FIRST AIR
Carp
1946 – 1996 Renamed/merged to First Air
Bradley Air Services BAR BRADLEY 2004 – 2006
British Columbia Air Lines Vancouver 1943 – 1970 Operated Grumman Goose , Stinson 108 , DHC-2 Beaver [ citation needed ]
British Columbia Airways Vancouver 1927 – 1928 Operated Ford Trimotor which crashed on 25 August 1928[ citation needed ]
Brock Air Services
BRD
BROCK AIR
Kingston Rogers
1978 – ????Charters and Medevac
Brooker-Wheaton Aviation BWB BROOKER-WHEATON Edmonton 1970 – 1992 Renamed Morningstar Air Express
Buffalo Narrows Airways Buffalo Narrows 1976 – 1977 Renamed Courtesy Air [ citation needed ]
Bullock Helicopters Calgary 1964 – 1967 Founded by Bruce and Evan James Bullock Operated Bell 47G , Bell 204 Rebranded to Bow Helicopters
Burrard Air 6E BXA BURRARD Vancouver 1982 – 1986 Operated BN Islander , DHC-3 Otter
Business Flights CZ BFA CHINOOKAIR 1978 – 2000 Established as Chinook Air
Bute Air Vancouver ???? – ???? Operated BN Islander , Piper Cheyenne , Piper Navajo [ citation needed ]
Buzzard Air 1984 – 1990
C
Calumet Air Service Saskatoon 1935 – 1980 Founded by Paul and Nick Jankovich To Air BC Operated Cessna 180 , DHC-2 Beaver
Campbell Air 1981 – 1997
CanAC CANAIR Toronto Pearson 1989 – 1997
Canada Jetlines
AU
CJL
JETBUS
Toronto Pearson
2022 – 2024
Canada 3000
2T
CMM
ELITE
Toronto Pearson
1988 – 2001 Formerly Canada 2000 Canada 3000 Cargo sold to Cargojet and 2005 revival failed
Canada 3000 Cargo 2001 – 2004 Established as Royal Cargo Airlines Renamed Cargojet Airways
Canada Trans-Continental Airways 1927 – 1928
Canada West Air CWA CANADA WEST Vancouver 1986 – 1990
Canada West Airlines
CWA
CANADIAN WESTERN AIRLINES
Edmonton
2002 – 2004 Formed by ex-Canada 3000 staff, along with tour operator Canada West Holidays Merged with Aero Falcon in 2004
Canadian Airlines
CP
CDN
CANADIAN
Calgary
1987 – 2001 To Air Canada
Canadian Airways
Winnipeg Richardson
1926 – 1941 Established as Western Canadian Airways Acquired by Canadian Pacific Airlines
Canadian Colonial Airways
Montreal Saint-Hubert
1929 – 1942 Originally formed as a subsidiary of American based Colonial Airlines , known at the time as Canadian Colonial Airways. After becoming defunct they were later rebranded as a Canadian company, Colonial Airlines Operated Fairchild FC-2
Canadian Metro Airlines London 1938 – 1975 To Propair Operated Dash 8
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
CP
CPC
EMPRESS
Vancouver
1942 – 1987 Known as CP Air , to Canadian Airlines International The callsign is still used by Canadian North
Canadian Regional Airlines
KI
CDR
CANADIAN REGIONAL
Calgary
1993 – 2000 To Air Canada Connector
Canadian Transcontinental Airways Montreal Saint-Hubert 1927 – 1938 Operated the first Post Office air mail delivery
Canadian Western Airlines W2 CWA CANADA WESTERN Vancouver 2001 – 2004 Operated Swearingen Metroliner , Cessna 401
CanAir Cargo CWW CANAIR 1990 – 1997 Acquired by Royal Airlines Operated Convair 580 , Short 330
CanJet
C6
CJA
CANJET
Halifax
2002 – 2015
CanJet Airlines
C6
CJA
CANJET.COM
Halifax
1999 – 2001 Reorganized on 15 May 2001 as CanJet Airlines (2001) Ltd Merged into Canada 3000 in August 2001.
Capital Air Surveys 1969 – 1983
Capreol and Austin Air Services Toronto Bishop 1934 – 1934 Founded by Jack and Chuck Austin Renamed Austin Airways
Cargaard Aviation Ottawa 1988 – 2002 Established as Terra Surveys , rebranded Fugro Aviation Canada Operated CASA C-212
Cargo North Thunder Bay 2012 – 2015 Renamed North Star Air
Carl Millard Toronto Pearson 1954 – 1962 Renamed Millardair
Carter Air Services 1962 – 1999
Cassidair Services 1956 – 1965 Renamed Pacific Coastal Airlines
Centennial Airlines CNS CENTENNIAL 2004 – 2004
Central Air Transport Sioux Lookout 1978 – 1996 Renamed Gold Belt Air Transport Operated DHC-3 Otter
Central Airways CEN CENTRAL AIRWAYS 1961 – 1961
Central British Columbia Airlines Prince George 1946 – 1953 Renamed Pacific Western Airlines
Central Canada Air Lines Kenora 1926 – 1926 Operated Curtiss HS
Central Northern Airways 1947 – 1956 Merged with Arctic Wings to form Transair
Chaparal Charters Montréal Trudeau 1982 – 1984 Acquired by Air Inuit Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter , DC-3
Cherry Red Airline
Prince Albert
1928 – 1932
Chilcotin Cariboo Aviation DES CHILCOTIN Williams Lake 1977 – 1992 Operated BN Islander [ citation needed ]
Chimo Air Service Red Lake 1994 – 2018 Operated Beech D18S , Cessna 180 , DHC-3 Otter , DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter , Noorduyn Norseman
Chukuni Airways
Based out of Red Lake
Citizen Airways VAX VANTAGE ???? – ????
City Express
OU
OUL
CITY EXPRESS
Peterborough
1971 – 1991 Established as Air Atonabee in 1971
Coast Western Airlines 1988 – 2004
Coastal Cargo 1955 – 1959 Operated C-46
Colibri Aviation CAE HUMMINGBIRD 1970s – 1980s Operated Cessna Citation I
Collingwood Air BLE BLUEBIRD 1988 – 1996 Established as Collingwood Aviation Centre Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Colonial Airlines
Montreal
1942 – 1956 Formed from Canadian Colonial Airways Acquired by Eastern Air Lines
Commander Air Charter CML COMMANDAIR ???? – ???? Charter operator
Commando Air Transport Red Lake 1996 – 2000 Operated C-46
Compagnie aérienne franco-canadienne
1926-1931
Confortair CON CONFORT Sept-Îles 1987 – 2005 Operated Piper Navajo
Conifair Aviation RO ROY CONIFAIR Red Lake 1979 – 1992 Rename to Royal Airlines Operated Douglas C-54
Connolly-Dawson Airways Whitehorse 1957 – 1975 Merged with Yukon Flying Service and Range Airways to form Great Northern Airways Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Douglas DC-3
Contact Airways Fort McMurray 1961 – 1995 Renamed Air Mikisew
Corporate Express
CPB
PENTA
Calgary
1975 – 2009
Cougar Air CAJ COUGAR AIR 1978 – 1979
CoVal Air CVL COVAL Campbell River 1982 – 1996 Operated BN Islander , DHC-3 Otter , Cessna 185 Skywagon [ citation needed ]
Cree Airways CRE CREE AIR Edmonton ???? – ???? Operated Cessna 421 [ citation needed ]
Crownair CRW REGAL 1989 – 1990 Operated Douglas DC-8 [ citation needed ]
Curtiss-Reid Flying Service Saint-Félicien 1928 – 1950 Founded by Wilfrid Thomas Reid Operated Republic Seabee , Douglas C-54 1950 C-54 crash
Cypress Airlines R6 CYS SKYBIRD Vancouver 1987 – 1997 Operated Convair 340 [ citation needed ]
Cypress Jetprop Charter Vancouver 1996 – 1997 Operated Convair 440 , Hawker Siddeley HS.125 , Convair R4Y [ citation needed ]
D
Deraps Aviation 1988 – 2011 Merged into Air Saguenay Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter
Direquair Chibougamau 1975 – 1981 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter [ citation needed ]
Discovery Air Toronto Pearson 2006 – 2018 Founded by David Taylor
Dominion Aerial Exploration Company Roberval Water Aerodrome 1922 – 1926 Founded by Harold S. Quigley Operated Curtiss HS , N.T.2B Reorganised into Canadian Airways Company
Dominion Pegasus Helicopters King City 1973 – 1979 Merged into Okanagan Helicopters Operated Robinson R22
Dorval Air Transport 1954 – 1958 Engaged on Canadian Dew Line operations Operated Curtiss C-46 , Douglas C-47
Downair 1973 – 1973 Operated Lockheed L-1049
E
Eagle Aviation Silver Falls Water Aerodrome 1986 – 1995 Operated Beech D18S , DHC-3 Otter
Earlton Airways Earlton 1969 – 1998 Third-level carrier Operated Swearingen Merlin , Piper Navajo
Eastern Canada Air Lines
Moncton
1936 – 1938
Eastern Flying Service SPR SPEEDAIR 1956 – 1988 Acquired by Provincial Airlines
Eastern Provincial Airways
PV
EPA
PROVINCIAL
Gander
1949 – 1987 To Canadian Airlines International
Eldorado Aviation Edmonton 1978 – 1985 Operated C-46 , C-47 , C-54 , Boeing 737
Eldorado Radium Silver Express
Edmonton City Centre Port Radium
1935 – 1947 To Eldorado Aviation
Enerjet EG ENJ ENERJET AIR Calgary 2009 – 2019 2021 Rebranded as Lynx Air
Enterprise Air 1993 – 2005 Renamed Triumph Airways Operated DC-3 , Cessna 310 , Piper Navajo
Expeditair 1988 – 1999 Acquired by Air Saguenay Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Express Air WEW Saskatoon 2000 – 2020 Operated Beech 1900D
F
Fairchild Aerial Surveys 1922 – 1923 Founded by Sherman Fairchild Operated Fokker D.VII
Fecteau Transport Aerien
Senneterre
1936 - 1973 Renamed Air Fecteau
First Air
7F
FAB
FIRST AIR
Ottawa Yellowknife Iqaluit
1973 - 2019 Merged into Canadian North 1 November 2019
First Nations Transportation
Gimli
2003 - 2009
Flair Air F8 FLE Edmonton 2005 – 2017 Acquired NewLeaf Airways and renamed Flair Airlines Operated 727-200 , 737-400
FlyToo Calgary 2017 – Never started
Forest Industries Flying Tankers (FIFT) 1959 – 1962 Operated 4 Martin JRM Mars
Fortunair
FX
FXE
AIR FUTURE
Montreal, Toronto
1993 – 1995
Fugro Aviation Canada Ottawa 2002 – 2012 Rebranded CGG Aviation Canada Operated CASA C-212 , Cessna 208
Futura Airlines FUT FUTURA 1975 – 1979 Operated Aero Commander 680 , Douglas C-47
G
Gagnon Air Service 1969 – 1970 Merged with Saguenay Air Service to form Air Saguenay Operated Cessna 180 , DHC-2 Beaver
Gander Aviation GAN GANAIR Gander 1960 – 1979 Founded by William Bennett Operated Beech Queen Air , DHC-3 Otter
Garrison Aviation AHM AIR HURON 1976 – 1979
Gateway Aviation WG Edmonton City Centre 1952 – 1979 Operated DC-3 , Convair 640 , DHC Otter , Twin Otter , HS 748 [ citation needed ]
Georgian Express 2004 – 2007 Acquired by Cargojet Operated Cessna Caravan , Beech 1900
Geoterrex Ottawa 1972 – 1988 Established as Terra Surveys , rebranded Cargaard Aviation Operated PBY Catalina , DHC-3 Otter , CASA C-212 , Cessna 404
Gilbert's Flying Service 1931 – 1932 Renamed West Coast Air Services
Gillies Flying Service Buttonville 1948 – 1963 Renamed Toronto Airways [ citation needed ]
Ginger Coote Airways 1938 – 1942 Acquired by Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated Fairchild 51 , Noorduyn Norseman
Globemaster Air Cargo
G5
Edmonton St. Albert
2003 – 2004
GoAir Citylink 1998 – 2011 Operated Embraer Brasilia
Gogal Air Services Snow Lake Water Aerodrome 2004 – 2012 Operated Noorduyn Norseman
Gold Belt Air Transport GBT GOLDBELT Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome 1988 – 1997 Operated BN Islander , DHC-3 Otter
Golden Voyagairs 1971 – 1973 Operated Douglas DC-6B Travel club
Golfe Air Quebec EM GAQ GOLFAIR 1973 – 1982 Established as Baie Comeau Air Services in 1955 Operated Beech 18 , BN Islander , DC-3 , Twin Otter
Gordon Airways 1961 – 1970 Renamed Air Windsor Operated Cessna 150 , Cessna 172 , Piper Pacer , Piper Aztec
Grand Island Aviation 1986 – 2000 Acquired by Air Saguenay Operated Cessna 185
Gray Rocks Air Service Montreal Saint-Hubert 1921 – 1938 Founded by Tom Wheeler Renamed Wheeler Airlines
Great Lakes Air Service 1961 – 1967 Established as Great Lakes Airlines Renamed Air Ontario
Great Lakes Airlines
Sarnia Chris Hadfield
1967 – 1981 To Air Ontario
Great Northern Airways Whitehorse 1965 – 1972 Formed by the merger of Connolly-Dawson Airways , Yukon Flying Service , Range Airways Acquired by Trans North Air Operated DC-3 , Piper Aztec , Fairchild F-27
Great Western Airways 1928 – 1929 Founded by Emil Sick and Frederick McCall Absorbed Purple Label Airlines Operated Stinson Detroiter
Greater Toronto Airways Toronto Bishop 2014 – 2018 Renamed FlyGTA Airlines
Green Airways Red Lake 1950 – 2017 Founded by G.H. Green Operated floatplane DHC-3 Otter , Noorduyn Norseman
Greyhound Air
Winnipeg Richardson
1996 - 1997 Rebranded to KF Cargo in 2015
Gulf Air Aviation 1978 – 1980 Established as Alert Bay Air Services To Air BC
H
Haida Airlines Vancouver 1980 – 1980 To Air BC
Hanna Air Silva Bay 1997 – 1997 Founded by Mark Segar Renamed Pacific Spirit Air
Harmony Airways
HQ
HMY
HARMONY
Vancouver
2002 - 2007
Harrison Airways HAA HARRISON Vancouver 1960 – 1979 Operated Convair 440 , C-47 , DC-3 , F-11 Husky , Vickers Viscount
Hawkair
BH
BHA
HAWKAIR
Terrace-Kitimat
1994 – 2016Regional airline On November 18, 2016, declared bankruptcy and suspended operations
Helijet Airways Vancouver 1986 – 2000 Renamed Helijet International
HMY Airways HQ HMY Vancouver 2002 – 2004 Renamed Harmony Airways
STP
STAMPEDE
Edmonton
1988 – 1990 Operated DC-8-50 , Lockheed Tristar
Hollinger Ungava Transport Dorval 1948 – 1954 Operated Douglas C-47A , Curtiss C-46 , PBY Catalina , Gulfstream I ,[ citation needed ] DHC-2 Beaver
Hooker Air Service HS Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome 1970 – 1979 Operated Beech D18S ,[ citation needed ] Bellanca Aircruiser , DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter
Horne Air Hornepayne Water Aerodrome 1981 – 2013 Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Hudson Bay Air Transport Flin Flon 1939 – 1982 Operated Grumman Mallard
I
CIC
AIR TRADER
Montréal-Mirabel
1998 – 2002 Also listed as ICC International Cargo Charter
Ilford-Riverton Airways RIP ILFORD Winnipeg Richardson 1953 – 1986 Established as Ilford Airways Renamed Northland Air Manitoba in 1986 and Air Manitoba in 1991 Operated DC-3 , C-46 , HS 748 [ citation needed ]
Innu Mikun Airlines
Goose Bay
1998 – 2017Regional airline , charters Merged with Air Labrador in 2017 to form Air Borealis
Intair
ND
INT
INTAIR
Toronto Pearson
1989 – 1991 Established by City Express as a successor to Skycraft Air Transport
Integra Air
AAI
Lethbridge
1998 – 2018 Scheduled passenger service, charters
Inter City Airways Oshawa 1986 – 1986 Operated HS 748
Inter-Canadien
ND
ICN
INTER-CANADIEN
Montréal Trudeau
1986 – 1999 To Canadian Airlines International
International Jet Air E6 Calgary 1971 – 1977 Wholly owned Allarco subsidiary Operated Douglas C-47A , Lockheed L-188 Electra , Jet Commander [ citation needed ]
Interprovincial Airlines 1995 – 1998 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter
Island Express Air IAX ABBY AIR Abbotsford 2009-2020
Island Valley Airways Langley 1998 – 1999 Founded by Brent Kerr Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter
Island Westair 1998 – 2005
J
Jackson Air Services JCK JACKSON ???? –2007 Operated DHC-3 Otter , Piper Navajo
Was sold to Wings Over Kississing
Jetall 8J JTL FIREFLY 1987 – 1996
Jetsgo
SG
JGO
JETSGO
Montréal Trudeau
2001 – 2005 Operated Fokker 100 Entered in bankruptcy protection
Johanneson Flying Services Stevenson Aerodrome 1932 – 1951 Taken over by Parsons Airways Operated de Havilland DH.60 Moth , Cessna Crane , Cessna 140 , Noorduyn Norseman
Juan Air WON JUAN AIR Victoria 1972 – 2007 Acquired by Pacific Sky Aviation Operated Piper Navajo [ citation needed ]
K
Kamloops Air Service Kamloops early 1950s Acquired by Central British Columbia Airlines
Kasper Aviation Thunder Bay 2015 – 2016 Charter carrier
KD Air XC KDC KAY DEE Qualicum Beach 1990 – 2019 Charter carrier Operated Piper Navajo
Keir Air Transport 1967 – 1969 Renamed Air Commonwealth Alberta Operated Douglas C-47A
Kelner Airways FKL KELNER Pickle Lake 1989 – 1993 Cargo and passengers carrier Renamed Wasaya Airways Operated DHC-3 Otter , Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter KW KFA FLIGHTCRAFT Kelowna 1974 – 2015 Rebranded to KF Cargo Operated Convair 580
Kenting Atlas Aviation 1972 – 1975 Acquired by Kenn Borek Air Operated Douglas C-47A , DHC-6 Twin Otter
Keystone Air Service
BZ
KEE
KEYSTONE
Winnipeg St. Andrews
1985 – 2015 Operating certificate suspended, closed and liquidated assets.
Keywinds Air Little Grand Rapids 2001 – 2004 Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Klahanie Air Fort Langley 1976 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Knee Lake Air Service Knee Lake 1988 – 2005 Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Knighthawk Air Express
4I
KNX
KNIGHT FLIGHT
Calgary
1993 – 2005 Operated Dassault Falcon 20
Kootenay Airways Cranbrook 1986 – 2003 Operated Cessna 180
Kootenay Direct Airlines
Nelson
2006 – 2009Charters
L
La Loche Airways La Loche 2005 – 2006 Operated Beech King Air , Piper PA-31 [ citation needed ]
La Ronge Aviation La Ronge 1960 – 1991 Renamed Air Sask Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter , Cessna 180 , Cessna 185
La Sarre Air Services La Sarrre 1946 – 1961 Merged with Air Fecteau to form Propair Operated DHC-4 Caribou
Labrador Air Safari 1974 – 2006 Acquired by Air Saguenay
Labrador Airways WJ LAL LAB AIR Goose Bay 1971 – 1989 Renamed Air Labrador [ citation needed ]
Lac Saint-Jean Aviation 1966 – 1972 Acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Operated Alouette II
Lamb Air
The Pas
1934 – 1981 Operated C-46 , DHC 3 , DHC 2 , DHC 6 , Stinson SR-8 , Beech 18 , Cessnas , Fairchild F27 , Noorduyn Norseman ,
BN2 islander , Bristol Freighter , DC 3 , Piper Aztec , Aérospatiale Gazelle , Aérospatiale Alouette II ,
Bell Helicopter
Lariviere Air Services Schefferville 1961 – 1973 Renamed AirGava Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Latham Island Airways
Yellowknife Water Aerodrome
1988 – 1991 To Air Tindi
Laurentian Air Services Schefferville 1936 – 1998 Operated DC-3 , DHC-6 Twin Otter [ citation needed ]
Laurentide Air Services Angliers 1922 – 1925 Operated Vickers Viking , Curtiss HS
Laval Aviation Laval 1980 – 2010 Operated DHC-3
Leavens Bros Air Services Barker Field 1935 – 1958 Renamed Leavens Bros in 1953
Lethbridge Air Services Lethbridge 1966 – 1969 Founded by Stubb Ross Renamed Time Air Operated Piper Cub , Beech 18 [ citation needed ]
Lethbridge Aircraft Company Lethbridge 1920 – 1922 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated Curtiss JN-4 Canuk
Lethbridge Commercial Airways Lethbridge 1927 – 1928 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated Standard J -1
Little Red Air Service LRA LITTLE RED Fort Vermilion 1986 – 2006 Air ambulance service Acquired by Nor-Alta Aviation Operated Cessna 206 , Beech King Air , BN Islander
Lome Airways 1948 – 1959 Operated Avro 689 Tudor 5 , DHC-2 Beaver
Lynx Air Y9 DAT DAUNTLESS Calgary Apr 2022 - Feb 2024 Successor to Enerjet. Filed for creditor protection
M
Prince Albert
1930 – 1947 To Norcanair (Saskatchewan Government Airways)
Mackenzie Air Edmonton 1975 – 1979 Charter carrier Operated BN Islander
MacKenzie Air Services
Edmonton City Centre
1932 – 1942 To Canadian Pacific Airlines Operated Bellanca Aircruiser
Maestro
5G
SSV
SKYTOUR
Québec City
2006 – 2007 Charter carrier Operated Boeing 757-200ER
Mandair Kenora 1992 – 2004 Operated DHC-3 Otter
Maple Air Services MAD MAPLE AIR Maple ? – 1987 Operated Piper Cherokee
Maritime Central Airways
Moncton
1941 – 1963Nordair was a subsidiary Operated DC-4
Maritime Global Airways MGM Halifax 1996 – 1997 Operated Convair 580
Matane Air Services Matane 1947 – 1965 Acquired by Quebecair Operated Lockheed 10 Electra , DC-3 [ citation needed ]
May Airlines 1919 – 1924
McMurray Air Service Uranium City Water Aerodrome 1947 – 1969 Founded by Edgar Jones Acquired by Gateway Aviation Operated Stinson 108 , Republic Seabee , Noorduyn Norseman , Cessna 180 , DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , Beech 18
Metrolitan Air Services Alma 1959 – 1960 Renamed Alma Air Services
Miksoo Aviation Meadow Lake 1975 – 1979 Operated Beech 18
Millardair
MA
MAD
MILLARDAIR
Toronto Pearson
1962 – 1990 Operated C-47 Continued as aircraft maintenance and servicing firm Millard Air Incorporated (Millardair MRO) 1990-2012
Minerve Canada
MR
MRV
ALOUETTE
Montréal-Mirabel
1986 – 1989 Division of the French airline which merged into Air Outre-Mer and became AOM French Airlines Operated Douglas DC-8 , MD-80
Ministic Air MNS MINSTIC Winnipeg Richardson 1981 – 2008 Operated Piper Navajo , Beech King Air , Beech 1900 [ citation needed ]
Minto Airways Edmonton 1982 – 1986 Operated DHC-3 Otter , Beech D18S
Miramichi Air Service MIR MIRAMICHI Douglastown Airfield 1970 – 1975Aerial spraying Operated Grumman TBF Avenger
Mober Aviation Drummondville 1970 – 1984 Operated DHC Beaver , C-47
Mont Laurier Aviation Roberval 1947 – 1957 Merged with Boreal Airways to form Nordair Operated DC-3 , DC-4
Montmagny Air Service Montmagny 1952 – 1993 Founded by Marius Lachaine and acquired by Gilles Couillard in 1954. Sold to Gaston Gosselin in 1980. Operated Aeronca Sedan , Cessna 180
Montreal Air Services Montreal 1955 – 1978 Operated PBY Catalina , C-46 , DC-3 , Super Constellation
Montreal & Dominion Skyways Montreal 1935 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Morgan Air Services 1983 – 2010 Operated Cessna 172 , Cessna 401
Myrand Aviation
1990s-2000s
N
NAC Air
C9
HMR
HAMMER
Thunder Bay
2000 – 2008North American Charters was 100% First Nations owned
Nahanni Air Services NAH NAHANNI Norman Wells 1970 – 1986 Renamed North-Wright Air in 1986 and North-Wright Airways in 1998[ citation needed ]
Nationair Canada
NX
NXA
NATION AIRWAYS
Montréal-Mirabel
1986 – 1993 Owned by Nolisair
National Aviation Prince Albert 1989 – 2009 Established as PA Aviation Operated Beech King Air , Cessna 172 , Cessna 310 , Piper Navajo , Piper Seneca
Nav Air Charter FCV Victoria 1979 – 2005 Operated Mitsubishi MU-2 , Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II
New Air & Tours Calgary 2006 – 2008 Rebranded as Enerjet before starting
Newfoundland Aero Sales and Services St. John's 1948 – 1949 Acquired by Eastern Provincial Airways
Newfoundland Air Transport Deer Lake 1961 – 1979 Renamed Newfoundland & Labrador Air Transport
Newfoundland Airways
Gander
1948 – 1983 To Air Labrador
NewLeaf F8 Winnipeg 2016 – 2017 Acquired by Flair Air
NextJet Canada Kitchener 2016 – 2016 Virtual carrier
Nipawin Air Services Nipawin 1961 – 1979 Renamed Osprey Wings Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , DHC-6 Twin Otter
Norcanair
Prince Albert
1947 – 2005 Originally M&C Aviation then Time Air
Nordair
ND
NDR
NORDAIR
Montréal Trudeau ,Montréal-Mirabel
1947 – 1987 Formed by the merger of Boreal Airways and Mont Laurier Aviation Acquired by Canadian Pacific Airlines Merged into Canadian Airlines and Inter-Canadien Operated Lockheed L-1049 H
Nordair Metro 3N 1985 – 1988 Mergend into Quebecair Operated Convair 580 [ citation needed ]
NorOntair
NR
NOA
NORONTAIR
Sault Ste. Marie
1971 – 1996 Airline operations of Ontario Northland Transportation Commission Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter
North American Airlines NTM NORTHAM 1978 – 2004 Operated Swearingen Merlin , Beech King Air , Piper Navajo [ citation needed ]
North Canada Air
Prince Albert
1930 – 1965 See also M&C Aviation , Time Air
North Cariboo Flying Service NCB NORTH CARIBOU 1957 – 2007 Rebranded North Cariboo Air Operated Aeronca Champion , Piper Navajo
North Pacific Seaplanes Prince Rupert Water Aerodrome 1995 – 2013 Operated DHC-3 Otter [ citation needed ]
North Vancouver Air VL NRV NORVAN Vancouver 1994 – 2003 Acquired by Regency Express Operated Aeronca Champion , Jetstream 31 , Piper Navajo , Beech King Air [ citation needed ]
North-Wright Air Norman Wells 1986 – 1998 Established as Nahanni Air Services Renamed North-Wright Airways [ citation needed ]
Northern British Columbia Air Service Watson Lake 1936 – 1953 Renamed BC Yukon Air Service
Northern Dene Airways U7 NKA NORCANAIR Prince Albert 1992 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , Beech King Air , Swearingen Metroliner
Northern Hawk Aviation Vancouver 2003 – 2005 Operated Piper Navajo , Beech King Air
Northern Mountain Airlines 1959 – 1971 Merged with Thunderbird Airlines to form Northern Thunderbird Air Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Beech 18 , Grumman Goose
Northern Sky Aviation High Level 1989 – 2000
Northern Wings (Les Ailes du Nord)WS Sept-Îles 1946 – 1981 To Quebecair Operated Douglas DC-3 , Fokker Friendship , Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Northland Airlines 1961 – 1986 Merged with Ilford Riverton Airways to form Northland Air Manitoba Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Barkley-Grow T8P-1 , Beech 18 , Lockheed Lodestar
Northland Air Manitoba 7N NAM NORVAN Vancouver 1986 – 1991 Formed by the merger of Northland Airlines and Ilford Riverton Airways Rebranded Air Manitoba Operated HS 748 , DC-3 [ citation needed ]
Northward Airlines NN Edmonton 1972 – 1980 Established as Northward Aviation in 1966. Operated Saunders ST-27 , DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-6 Twin Otter
Northwest Territorial Airways (NWT Air)
NV
NWT
TERRITORIAL
Yellowknife
1962 – 1998 To First Air Operated L-188 Electra
Northwinds Northern NWN NORTHWINDS 1988 – 1996 Operated BN Islander , Cessna 402 , Piper Navajo , Piper Seneca
Notre-Dame Air Transport GO PREMIUM 1958 – 1964 Operated Convair 340
Nunasi-Central Airlines NUM NUNASI Kenora 1984 – 1987 Established as Ontario Central Airlines Renamed Nunasi-Northland Airlines Operated DC-3
O
Odyssey International
OL
ODY
ODYSSEY
Toronto Pearson
1988 – 1990 Name, aircraft and some employees were merged with Nationair , and operated as a separate division of Nolisair for a short period
OK Heli-Logging Vancouver 1970 – 1979 Acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Operated Bell 214
Okanagan Air Services Kelowna 1947 – 1949 Renamed Okanagan Helicopters Operated Bell 47
Omineca Air Services Burns Lake 1956 – 1980 Founded by Bill Harrison Became subsidiary of Air BC Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , Cessna 185
Ontario Central Airlines
NUN
NUNASI
Kenora
1947 – 1984 Renamed Nunasi-Central Airlines in 1984 then Nunasi-Northland Airlines in 1987
Ontario Express
9X
OEL
PARTNER
Toronto Pearson
1988 – 1998 To Air Canada Regional
Ontario Northern Airways Jellicoe 1960 – 1979 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter
Ontario Worldair Toronto Pearson 1978 – 1981 Operated Boeing 707 [ citation needed ]
Orca Airways
OR
ORK
ORCA
Vancouver
2005 – 2018 Scheduled passenger service, charters Operated Piper Navajo
Osnaburgh Airways Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome 1986 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter
Otonabee Airways OU OUL Peterborough 1971 – 1980 Founded by Joseph Csumrick Renamed Air Atonabee Operated Saunders ST-27 [ citation needed ]
Owen Sound Air Services Toronto Pearson 1973 – 1984 Acquired by Soundair Operated DC-3 [ citation needed ]
OWG
N5
NRL
NOLINOR
Montréal–Trudeau ,
Toronto Pearson
2020 – 2025
Virtual airline and division of Nolinor Aviation
P
Pacific Airways 1925 – 1928 Founded by D. R. MacLaren on 10 February 1925 Acquired by Western Canada Airways on 1 May 1928
Pacific Coastal Airlines PG Nanaimo 1960 – 1980 Operated BN Islander , DC-3 [ citation needed ]
Pacific Spirit Air 1997 – 2001 Established as Hanna Air
Pacific Western Airlines
PA
PWA
PAC WEST
Vancouver
1946 – 1987 To Canadian Airlines Operated DC-3
Pacific Wings Airlines 2004 – 2006 Acquired by West Coast Air Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Parsons Air Services 1974 – 1989 Operated Beech D18S
Parsons Airways Kenora 1952 – 1979 Acquired Johanneson Flying Services and renamed Kenora Air Service Operated Cessna 170 , Cessna 180
Parsons Airways Northern FAP Flin Flon 1955 – 1984 Operated U-1 Otter , DHC-3 Otter
Pat Bay Air
Victoria Water Aerodrome
2005 – 2015Floatplane charters
Patricia Airways and Exploration Sioux Lookout 1926 – 1928 Founded by H.A. Oaks, G.A. Thompson, S. Tomlinson Renamed Patricia Airways
Peace Air Sioux Lookout 1968 – 2007 Established as Peace River Air Services in 1962 Operated BN Islander , Jetstream 31
Pegasus Airlifts Malton 1962 – 1973 Merged with Dominion Helicopters in 1973 to form Dominion Pegasus Helicopters Operated Bell 47J , Bell 206
Pem-Air
PD
PEM
PEM-AIR
Pembroke
1970 – 2002
Peninsula Air Services Hamilton 1965 – 1979
Peregrine Air Charter Vancouver 1987 – 1998 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Fokker F28
Plumridge Air 2006 – 2017 Operated seaplane DHC-2 Beaver
Points North Air Services Points North 1988 – 2003 Operated DHC-3 Otter , C-47 , Cessna 402 , Cessna Caravan
Points of Call Canada PM PTS POINTSCALL Edmonton 1988 – 1990 Operated Douglas DC-8 [ citation needed ]
Polaris Charter Company Yellowknife 1946 – 1953 Founded by Maxwell W. Ward Operated DH.83 Fox Moth To Wardair
Port Alberni Airways Yellowknife 1947 – 1948 Founded by Jack Moul and Slim Knights Merged into Associated Air Taxi
Powell Air
PWL
POWELL AIR
Powell River
1975 – 1987 Merged with Air BC 's Port Hardy operations to form Pacific Coastal Airlines Operated Convair 440
Powell River Airways Vancouver 1959 – 1965 Renamed Airwest Airlines Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter [ citation needed ]
Prairie Airways Moose Jaw 1935 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated de Havilland Puss Moth , Beechcraft S18D , Barkley-Grow T8P-1 , Waco ZQC-6
Premair 1992 – 1992 Operated Piper Navajo
CME
COMET
Charlottetown
1989 – 2010 Operational control was transferred to SkyLink Express Operated Beech 99
Pronto Airways
WEW
PRONTO
Prince Albert
2006 – 2015 Scheduled passenger service Absorbed by West Wind Aviation
Prospecting Airways 1928 – 1929 Aerial prospecting
Provincial Airlines PB SPR SPEEDAIR St. John's 1980 – 2016 Rebranded as PAL Airlines [ citation needed ]
Provincial Express PRV PROVINCIAL St. John's 1988 – 2005 Operated Cessna Caravan
Ptarmigan Airways 5P PTA PTARMIGAN Yellowknife 1965 – 1995 Acquired by First Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter [ citation needed ]
Purple Label Airlines 1928 – 1928 Absorbed by Great Western Airways Operated Stinson Detroiter
Q
Quebec Airways 1935 – 1942 Operated Boeing 247 , de Havilland Dragon , Fairchild 71 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines [ citation needed ]
Quebec Aviation QBC QUEBEC AVIATION 1979 – 1987 Establish as Northwestern Airways , to Inter-Canadien
Quebecair
QB
QBA
QUEBECAIR
Montréal Trudeau
1946 – 1987 Established as Rimouski Airlines Acquired by CP Air in 1986 Consolidated within Canadian Airlines in 1987
Quebecair Express
QO
QAE
Québec City
2003 – 2005
Queen Charlotte Airlines
Vancouver Water
1946 – 1955 Acquired by Pacific Western Airlines Operated Supermarine Stranraer
QuikAir
Q9
Calgary
2001 – 2006
QuikAire Cargo Toronto Buttonville 1994 – 1996 Founded by Dan Rocheleau Rebranded SkyLink Express Operated Cessna Caravan , Cessna Grand Caravan
R
Rainy Lake Airways Fort Frances Water Aerodrome 1954 – 1979 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , Beech 18 , Noorduyn Norseman
Ramsey Airways Greater Sudbury 1992 – 1994 Founded by Robert Merrilees Operated DHC-3 Otter , Cessna 180
Range Airways Calgary 1964 – 1965 Merged with Connolly-Dawson Airways and Yukon Flying Service to form Great Northern Airways
Red Lake Airways Kenora 1987 – 2007 Operated DHC-3 Otter , DHC-2 Beaver , Cessna Skywagon
Regency Express VL NVR 1994 – 2002 Acquired North Vancouver Air and formed Sonicblue Airways
Regionair RGR REGIONAIR 1981 – 1984 Merged into Quebecair Operated HS 748 [ citation needed ]
Regionair RH GIO 1992 – 2001
Regional 1 Airlines TSH Calgary 2004 – 2014 Established as Westpoint Airlines Rebranded R1 Airlines
Reindeer Air Service Inuvik 1960 – 1979 Founded by Frederick J. Carmichael Operated Stinson Voyager , DC-3 , C-46 , Beech 18
Rigel Airways Resolute Bay 1982 – 1994 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter
Rimouski Airlines Montréal Trudeau 1947 – 1953 Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide , C-46 , DC-3 [ citation needed ]
Roots Air
6J
SSV
SKYTOUR
Toronto Pearson
2000 – 2001 Part of Roots Canada ceased operations when ownership was acquired by Air Canada
Ross Air Service Sandy Bay 2001 – 2011 Operated Cessna Skywagon
Royal Aviation
QN
ROY
ROY
Montréal Trudeau
1991 – 2001 Acquired by Canada 3000
Royal Aviation Express RXP ROY EXPRESS 1997 – 2001 Operated Boeing 737 [ citation needed ]
Royal Canadian Airlines
failed
Royal Cargo Airlines QN ROY Montreal Dorval 1999 – 2001 Operated Boeing 727-100 C, Boeing 737-200 F Renamed Canada 3000 Cargo
RoyalAir Montreal Dorval 1968 – 1969 To Quebecair Operated Boeing 727 , Douglas C-47A , DHC-6 Twin Otter
S
Sabourin Lake Airways 9S SABAIR 1959 – 1996 Operated Beech 99 , DHC-6 Twin Otter [ citation needed ]
Samaritan Air Service HLO HALO Buttonville 1989 – 1999 Operated Learjet 24 , Learjet 25
Sapawe Air Atikokan Water Aerodrome 2004 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Sarnia Airlines Sarnia 1960 – 1960 Operated a single de Havilland Dove
Saskatchewan Government Airways
Prince Albert
1947 – 1965 To Norcanair
Sealand Helicopters
SEA
SEALAND
St. John's
1977 – 1987 Merged to form CHC Helicopter in 1987
Saguenay Air Service Lac Sébastien Water Aerodrome 1960 – 1970 Merged with Gagnon Air Service to form Air Saguenay Operated DHC-3 Otter
Sea Air Services 1983 – 2001 Operated DHC-2 Turbo Beaver
Selkirk Air Selkirk Water Aerodrome 2004 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Beech 18 , Noorduyn Norseman , Partenavia P.68 Observer
Sept-Iles Helicopter Services Vancouver ? – 1979 Acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Operated Bell JetRanger
Silver Pine Air Services Pine Falls 1960 – 1986 Operated Beech 18 , DHC-3 Otter
Skeena Air Transport Prince Rupert 1950 – 1954 Acquired by Central British Columbia Airlines
Sky Freighters Victoria 1995 – 1998 Operated Douglas DC-3
Sky Regional Airlines
KV
SKV
MAPLE
Toronto Pearson Montréal–Trudeau
2010 – 2021 Aircraft transferred to Jazz . Operator of Air Canada Express
Skycraft Air Transport
9F
SKG
SKYCRAFT-CANADA
Oshawa
1977 – 1989 Rebirth in 1989 and operating until 1994.
Skylink Airlines
?-1989, owned by Aztec Aviation
SkyLink Express
SLQ
SKYLINK
1994-2025
Skyservice Airlines
5G
SSV
SKYTOUR
Toronto Pearson
1986 - 2010 Differs from existing Skyservice Business Aviation being the same owners
Skywalker Airlines Toronto Bishop 1986 – 1988 Division of Inter-City Airways
Skyxpress
KLO
KLONDIKE
Calgary
2001 - 2008
Skyward Aviation K9 SGK SKYWARD Thompson 1986 – 2005 Operated Embraer Bandeirante , Beech 1900 [ citation needed ]
Slave Air Slave Lake 1988 – 2006 Air Ambulance services To CanWest Air Operated Beech B200 King Air , DHC-2 Beaver
Sonicblue Airways
VL
Vancouver
1982 – 2006 Ceased operations
Sontair STI SONTAIR Chatham-Kent 1969 – 2006 Operated King Air 200 , King Air , Cessna Caravan
Soundair EJC SOUNDAIR Toronto Pearson 1973 – 1997 Acquired Aero Trades Western , Owen Sound Air Services . Operated DC-3 , DC-4 , Convair 580 , Fokker F-27 [ citation needed ]
Soundair Express Toronto Pearson 1989 – 1990 Established as Soundair Operated Convair 580
South Moresby Air Charters Masset Water Aerodrome 1989 – 1990 Founded by Sheila and Marvin Boyd Acquired by Inland Air Charters Operated DHC-2 Beaver
South West Air SWC SAINT CLAIR 1999– 1999
Southern Air Transport 1939 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Southern Alberta Air Lines Lethbridge 1927 – 1931 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated de Havilland DH.60 Moth
Southern Alberta Airlines Lethbridge 1924 – 1924 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated Standard J-1
Southern Frontier Airlines
Calgary
1978 – 1978 To Time Air
Sowind Air SOW SOWIND Little Grand Rapids 1991 – 2001 Operated Embraer Bandeirante , DHC-3 Otter
Spartan Air Services 1946 – 1972 Aerial survey Operated Avro Anson , Lockheed Ventura , P-38 Lightning , DC-3 , Bell 47 , Piasecki H-21
Sporthawk International Toronto Pearson 1996– 2001
St. Andrews Airways CW SDA SAINT ANDREWS Winnipeg 1970 – 1979 Operated Found FBA-2 , de Havilland Heron , Beech 18 , DHC-3 Otter
St. Felicien Air Services Toronto Bishop 1957 – 1979 Operated Found FBA-2 , DC-3 , DHC-2 Beaver , Noorduyn Norseman
Stage Air Penticton 2001 – 2001 Operated Piper Navajo , Cessna Caravan [ citation needed ]
Stanair 1952 – 1969 Operated DHC-3 Otter , Fairchild F-27
Starratt Airways
Hudson
1932 – 1942 To Canadian Pacific Airlines
Steinwands Transport Rae/Edzo 1977 – 1985 Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Sunwest Home Aviation CNK CHINOOK Rae Edzo 1986 – 2006 Renamed Sunwest Aviation
Sunwest International Aviation Services Toronto Pearson 1996– 2001 Operated Beech King Air , Learjet 55
Sunwing Airlines WG SWG SUNWING Toronto Pearson 2005 – 2025 Merged with WestJet
Superior Airways Fort William 1940– 1979 Operated Douglas DC-3 , Bellanca 31-40 [ citation needed ]
Survair SS Ottawa 1971– 1978 Operated Douglas C-47A , DHC-6 Twin Otter
Sustut Air Smithers 2006 – 2013 Operated Skyvan , Cessna 208 [ citation needed ]
Swanberg Air
Grande Prairie
2000 - 2011 Ceased due to the death of the founder Sylvan Swanberg
Swiftair Cargo SCL SWIFTAIR Abbotsford 1980 – 1982 Operated Douglas DC-8 [ citation needed ]
Swoop WO WSW SWOOP Abbotsford , Hamilton (ON) 2018 – 2023 Re-integrated into WestJet
T
Tagish Air Services Vancouver 1988 – 2004
Tal Air Charters JEL YYZ JETEL Toronto Pearson 1994 – 2003 Operated Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III
Tamalik Air CFB Goose Bay 1994 – 2003 Associated to Air Labrador Operated DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter , DHC-6 Twin Otter
Tempus Air OB TEM Hamilton 1985 – 1988 Operated Convair 580
Terr Air Ross River 1973 – 1979 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , F-11 Husky , Hughes 500
Terra Surveys Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier 1966 – 1972 Reorganized in Geoterrex , acquired by Cargaard Aviation
The Sarcee Club Calgary 1971 – 1972 Operated a single Vickers 757 Viscount
Thomas Cook Airlines Canada
MT
TCX
KESTREL
Montreal , Quebec
2010 - 2013 Ended contract with Jazz
Thunderbird Airlines 1965 – 1971 Merged with Northern Mountain Airlines to form Northern Thunderbird Air Operated DHC-3 Otter , DHC-2 Beaver , Cessnas
Timberline Air TMR TIMBER Chilliwack 1998 – 1998 Operated Beech King Air [ citation needed ]
Time Air
KI
TAF
TIME AIR
Lethbridge
1966 - 1993 To Canadian Regional Airlines
Timmins Aviation Montreal 1960 – 1962 Operated Beech 18 , Beech Bonanza , Piaggio P.136 Royal Gull , de Havilland Dove
TK Air Charters Prince Rupert 1995 – 2003 Operated Piper Navajo , Cessna 150 , Cessna 337
Torontair TOR TORONTAIR Buttonville 1963 – 1979 Established as Gillies Flying Service Renamed Torontair Operated Beech King Air , Beech 99 , DHC-6 Twin Otter [ citation needed ]
Toronto Helicopters Toronto ? – 1979 Merged with Okanagan Helicopters and Sealand Helicopters to form Canadian Helicopters
Trans Canada Couriers Montréal Trudeau 1960 – 1973 Acquired by Purolator Inc. and renamed Purolator Courier Corporation Operated Boeing 727 , DC-9 [ citation needed ]
Trans Fair Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan 1978 – 1998 Operated Douglas DC-3 , Beech 18 , Convair 240 [ citation needed ]
Trans North Air Whitehorse 1967 – 1979 Operated Douglas C-47 D
Trans North Turbo Air Whitehorse 1967 – 1979 Renamed Trans North Helicopters Operated Cessna 402
Trans Provincial Air Carriers Whitehorse 1960 – 1974 Renamed Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA)
Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA)
CD
TDY
Prince Rupert
1974 – 1993 Established as Trans Provincial Air Carriers Acquired by Harbour Air Seaplanes
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Montréal Saint-Hubert
1937 – 1965 Now Air Canada Operated Lockheed L-1049 C
Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines Sept-Îles 1951 – 1966 Operated L.10 Electra , Beech 18 , G-44 Widgeon , DHC-2 Beaver , Piper Apache , Cessna 180
Trans-Labrador Airlines Schefferville 1956 – 1963 Operated PBY Catalina , C-46 , C-47
Trans-Mountain Air Service Campbell River 1968 – 1973 Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Transair
TZ
TTZ
Winnipeg Richardson
1956 – 1979 Founded by the merger of Central Northern Airways and Arctic Wings ; acquired by Pacific Western Airlines in 1979
Transport Aerien Sept-Iles Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan 1972 – 1983 Renamed Trans Fair Operated DC-3 , DC-4 , Convair 240
Transport des Monts Aviation Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Aerodrome 1979 – 1988 Operated Douglas C-47
Transwest Air 9T ABS ATHABASKA Prince Albert 2000– 2021
Trillium Air XXX N Waterloo 1999 – 2002 Operated Jetstream 31 [ citation needed ]
Trippier Air Service Ear Falls Water Aerodrome 1984 – 2005 Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Yellowknife
???? – 2013 Acquired by the Ledcor Group and rebranded as Summit Helicopters
Triton Airlines DRC TRITON AIR St. John's 1993 – 1994 Founded by Jason and Javis Roberts Operated Boeing 737
Triumph Airways TUI Oshawa 2005 – 2011 Established as Enterprise Air in 1993 Operated Basler BT-67
Tyee Airways 6T TYE TYEE AIR Sechelt 1961 – 1992 Operated BN Islander , DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter
U
United Air Transport 1933 – 1939 Renamed Yukon Southern Air Transport Operated Ford Trimotor [ citation needed ]
Universal Helicopters St. John's 1963 – 2020
V
VN
VAC
VACATIONAIR
Toronto Pearson
1988 – 1990 Established as Gray Coach Lines
Val Air
VK
Montréal Trudeau
2003 – 2004
Venture Air Thompson 1995 – 2004 Renamed Central Flyway Air
Vic Turner Ltd 1966 – 1971 Acquired by Kenn Borek Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter
Victoria Flying Services Victoria Water Aerodrome 1959 – 1970 Founded by William Sylvester Acquired by Nils Christensen Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Vision Airways Corporation
V6
VSN
VISION
Timmins
? – 1994
Vistajet
5V
VJT
VISTA
Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor
1997 – 1997
W
Wabusk Air WU WABUSK Moosonee 1997 – 2019Air operator's certificate cancelled by Transport Canada Operated Beech 90 , Beech King Air , Piper Navajo As of March 2023 there are five aircraft still registered to 164061 BC Ltd.
Waglisla Air (Wagair) 3V SEH SEA HAWK Vancouver 1982 – 1995 Went in receivership Operated Piper Navajo , Beech 99 , FH-227 [ citation needed ]
Wagner Aviation Kingston Norman Rogers 1968 – 1974 Operated Beech 18 , BN Islander , Cessna 150 , Cessna Skyhawk , Cessna 402
Wardair
WD
WDA
WARDAIR
Edmonton
1952 – 1990 Established as Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946 Acquired by Canadian Airlines
Waweig Air Thunder Bay Water Aerodrome 2001 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter
West Coast Air
8O
YWZ
COAST AIR
Vancouver Harbour
1996 – 2015Floatplanes , scheduled and charters service Acquired by Harbour Air Seaplanes in 2010
West Coast Air Services 1978 – 1980 Established as Gilbert's Flying Service in 1931 To Air BC Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter
WestCan International Airlines Edmonton 2007 – 2010 Operated Boeing 727-100 C
West Wind Aviation
WEW
WESTWIND
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker
1983 – 2021 Scheduled passenger service, charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance).
Western Canada Airways Lac du Bonnet 1926 – 1930 To Canadian Airways
WES
WESTEX
Vancouver
1994 – 2006 Established as Aviation Business Flights Operated Super King Air , Cessna Caravan , Fairchild F-27 , IAI Westwind , Learjet 31 A, Swearingen Merlin II
Western Straits Air Campbell River Water Aerodrome 1986 – 1996 Acquired by CoVal Air Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , Cessna 185
Westinghouse Airways Victoria 1945 – 1954 To B.C. Air Lines Operated Republic Seabee , Luscombe 8
WestJet Link 8P PCO PASCO Calgary 2018 – 2024 Merged back into WestJet Encore Operated Saab 340
Westpoint Airlines WTP WESTPOINT Calgary 2003 – 2004 Renamed Regional 1 Airlines Operated Dash-8 , DHC-6 Twin Otter
Wheeler Airlines (1938) Montréal Saint-Hubert 1938 – 1960 Founded by Tom Wheeler Established as Gray Rocks Air Service in 1921 Renamed Wheeler Airlines (1960) Heavy transport division to Nordair Operated Beech 18 , Boeing-Stearman 75 , C-46 , C-47 , Cessna 180 , Grumman Avenger , Westland Whirlwind
Wheeler Airlines (1960) Montréal Saint-Hubert 1960 – 1967 Founded by Tom Wheeler Established as Wheeler Airlines (1938) in 1921 Taken over by Nordair
Whitehorse Flying Services Whitehorse 1949 – 1954Bush plane service To Central British Columbia Airlines Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Noorduyn Norseman
Whiteshell Air Service Lac du Bonnet (North) Water Aerodrome 1968 – 2004 Operated DHC-3 Otter
Wild Country Airways Red Lake Water Aerodrome 1996 – 2006 Operated DHC-3 Otter , Noorduyn Norseman
Wilderness Seaplanes Bella Coola 1959 – 1998 Merged into Pacific Coastal Airlines Operated Beech King Air , BN Islander , Piper Navajo [ citation needed ]
Windoak Air Service Vancouver 1982 – 1993 Renamed Harbour Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter , DHC-3 Otter , DHC-2 Beaver [ citation needed ]
Wings 1942 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Winnport
W8
WNT
Winnipeg Richardson
1998 – 2002Winnipeg -based air cargo company flying to China Renamed Cargojet Airways Operated Boeing 727
World-Wide Airways
Montréal Trudeau
1947 – 1966 Founded by Donald McVicar Operated C-46 , C-47 , C-54 , L-1049 [ citation needed ]
Worldways Canada
WG
WWC
WORLDWAYS CANADA
Toronto Pearson
1973 – 1991 Registered in Nova Scotia in 1985 Operated Douglas DC-8
Y
Yellow Bird Air Vancouver 1968 – 1984 Acquired by Burrard Air Operated Douglas DC-3
Yellowknife Airways Vancouver 1949 – 1951 Founded by Maxwell William Ward and George Pigeon Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Dawson City 1927 – 1929
Yukon Southern Air Transport 1939 – 1942 Established as United Air Transport Acquired by Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated Ford Trimotor [ citation needed ]
Z
Zip
3J
WZP
ZIPPER
Calgary
2002 – 2004 Operations return to regular Air Canada routes
Zoom Airlines
Z4
OOM
ZOOM
Ottawa
2002 – 2008 Named acquired for the new XPO Airlines in 2009